Bacteriology

In contrast to PCR (which will detect the presence of non-viable bacteria), bacteriology will find living, disease-causing bacteria within tissue.

Our Inverness premises have a dedicated bacteriology lab for working with aquatic bacterial pathogens and can receive bacteriological samples in the form of inoculated agar plates or in transport media such as swabs. The lab is happy to provide insight and advice on best-practice sampling for fish pathogens, along with the provision of growth media and transport swabs.